The Flaming Lips' efforts in the studio with Ke$ha and Chris Martin have appeared online, after being exclusively released on vinyl for Record Store Day.
The 12" record, "The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends", also included collaborations with the likes of Bon Iver, Nick Cave and Lightning Bolt.
The Ke$ha track is a million miles away from her chart hits like "Tik Tok", but the ring-modulated weirdness is certainly a refreshing angle for her. The Chris Martin track is a distant, reverberant piano piece with a certain charm, if you need a break from rocking out.
Flaming Lips mastermind Wayne Coyne collected blood from some of his collaborators in order to mix it with the plastic for a special collectors edition of this release. In the Ke$ha track, you can see pictures of Coyne holding up a vial of blood, which he later stored in his home fridge.
"You don’t really realize how many people are afraid of needles until you say, 'Hey, I’m going to send someone by the show tonight to get some of your blood,'" he said.
Hear the Ke$ha track:
Hear the Chris Martin track:
Is it too soon to welcome Ke$ha into the rock world? What would she have to do to impress dedicated rock fans? Share your ideas, whether serious or not, in the comments.
You know, morons like you say shit like this as if people are pretentious about their music, but in the end it is only the morons like yourself that look pretentious.
I hate to admit it but the Ke$ha song isn't bad. I am really not a fan of hers, but she's shown a few times now that she's just a lazy singer with her solo stuff and that she actually can sing kind of well.
I'll check out the other songs sometime.
Flips falling off a bit past few efforts... Dark Side was decent but could've been better give that it's friggin Dark Side. Embryonic was weak. I hate Chris Martin's voice. He sucks. Come on Flips get it together.
I honestly had higher hopes for the Ke$ha track. As a fan of TFL, I've really become disenchanted with their recent efforts which seem to emnbrace sloppy production and anti-melodic instrumentation. What gives? I'm not asking that they re-write Yoshimi, but something that actually pleases the ear would be nice. In this case, that shrill guitar renders the track nearly unlistenable.
The great thing about the Flaming Lips...they dont give a rats ass about what you or I or the critics think. The only way to be a fan is to just go for whatever ride they throw your way.
As much as Ke$ha disgusts me, I wouldn't mind her being a member of the rock world. She can sing. I felt the same way about fergie, and her song with Slash was pretty damn good. So, Ke$ha....Why not?
